Johannes Leimena

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Dr. Johannes Leimena (Ambon, 6 March 1905 – 29 March 1977) was Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia from 1957 - 1966 and served as Minister of Health under President Sukarno from 1946 - 1956. A Christian, he founded the Indonesian Christian Party (Parkindo) in 1950. Following the fall of Sukarno following the 1965 coup attempt of the 30 September Movement, he was the only politician who did not distance himself from the former head of state[1].

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  1. ^ Kompas newspaper 16 November 2007 p51
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Parkindo was actually founded in 1946, and Leimena, representing Parkindo, was present in the earliest (1946) of Soekarno's cabinets. Leimena served in the most cabinets of any Indonesian, 18 total, from 1946 - 1966, including Suhartos' first working cabinet.

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